Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1887-03-10
APPROPRIATIONS
For the Asylum Aggregating Three.
Hundred and Thirty Thous-
and Dollars Pass Both
Houses.
Templeton Appointed Attorney
General and Col. Benton to
Resign the Treas
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appropriation for buildings Of the
North Dakota asylum, to the amount Of
one hundred and thirty-fve thousand
dollars, passed both houses unanimously
this afternoon.
BISMARCK, March S.-Gov. Church
today sent the following telegram to
1 Adjutant General Tyner, at Fargo:
You will at once wire Maj. Benham, or
some other discreet citizen, in whom You
have reliance, to proceed to st. Johns
and ascertain the situation of affairs and
to report the fact to you at Devils Lake
or Church's Ferry, where you will pro-
ceed by first train and communicate the
results to me and await further tele-
graphic Instructions The county COM
missioners of Rolette county report an
instruction and the sheriff there is pow
| erless Take such steps, while on the
ground as may be for the best, while
awaiting further directions from me.
| Answer.
ISignedl Louis K. CHURCH,
Governor.
Gov. Church does not appear to an
| ticipate the need of military force, but
| if needed he will act vigorously and
| promptly. He has already instructed
Gen. Dennis to take steps to place the
militia in position to move if necessary.
New YORK, March Sire occurred
this morning in the store Of Nicolls, the
tailor, in Bowery. Loss between $5O,-
900 and $4,000. Trains on the elevated
railroad were blockaded by the flames.
A number of passengers left one OF the
trains and started to walk along the mar
| row foot path at the side OF the track.
While doing so the blockade was re-
| ieved and trains began to start. Their
motion shook the pathway to such an ex-
| tent that a number OF passengers were
| thrown down to the street below.
THREE WE'RE INSTANTLY KILLED
and several others badly injured. Hun
| dreds of people gathered around the
scene of the accident. Capt. Clinchly
was on hand with squad of twelve men
and kept the crowd back. The sidewalk
and street is covered with blood.
CINCINNATI, March 9.7A special from
Millersburg, Ind, says Wilson Driver, a
deputy constable came there from Sart-
zerland county to arrest VIM. Steele, who
had escaped from officers while under
arrest for stealing, and found him in a
skitf going toward the Kentucky shore.
He called on Steele to return. Steele's
son Leslie, aged IA, who was also in
shift at the Indiana shore, called to his
father to not return. Driver then fired
at the elder Steele. The boy begged the
constable not to kill his father, where
upon Driver deliberately shot the boy,
intiicting a fatal wound. A warrant was
issued for the arrest of Driver.
MT. HOLLY, n. J., March 9.-An acci-
dent occurred to the passenger train on
the Pemberton & Hightown branch of
the Pennsylvania railroad at Sharon, near
Hightown, last night, in consequence Of
broken rail. The mail car and passen-
ger cars We're thrown from the track, and
the former were burned and all the mail
| destroyed. A. A. Perrin, of Hightown,
was killed, and Levi Wilson, of Camden,
conductor. was seriously, if not fatally,
hurt. One or two passengers are report
ed hurt
BISMARCK, March 9.-The bills appro-
priating money for buildings and main
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both houses. The amounts for both
purposes aggregate $330,000.
Among the nominations made today
were those Of \. J. McCabe of James
town. to be one of the trustees of the
penitentiary at Bismarck, and Major
Edwards, OF Fargo, to a place on the
board OF public examiners.
BISMARCK, March 9.-The house, in
committee OF the whole, recommended,
by unanimous vote, the passage of the
bill discharging the capital commission,
and has now. under consideration FL
liott,s bill making railroad companies
| responsible for damage by fire from loco
motives.
The capital commission bill was passed
by vote Of a to % and a call of the
house was demanded on a motion to
lay the motion to reconsider on the
tribe.
WALLA WALLA, w. t. March 9.-Fire
this forenoon destroyed two frame blocks
on Main street and to Rose street on the
west; one block on the north side of Main
street and two blocks on the south side.
The buildings wers mostly old ones but
IN food location and there were numer-
oTls successful small stores Total loss
S425 900; insurance $4,000.